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An Independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization

Organization of the Foundation


The Social Publishers Foundation is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization headquartered in San Marcos, CA (USA). The Board of Directors of the Foundation sets policy and delegates authority to the president and senior staff for the Foundation’s operations. The Foundation’s policies have been established to further its Mission.


The Social Publishers Foundation utilizes an Advisory Board of distinguished practitioners, researchers, and community leaders to advise the Board of Directors on various issues including strategic, conceptual, and practical aspects of the stated Mission. Members of the Advisory Board personally contribute and assist with raising funds for grants that the Foundation awards to practitioner-researchers and action-researchers.


A Review Panel of experienced practitioner-researchers, action-researchers, and veterans of community-based participatory research projects participates in a review process in which all submitted proposals for publication are carefully reviewed. Members of the Review Panel are volunteers and are committed to the maintenance of high standards for publication. When publication applications are submitted to SPF, reviewers from the SPF review panel provide support to help enhance research and product reports and essays as necessary, and communicate with prospective authors through the process toward publication.


In an effort to increase dissemination of research, products, and essays by practitioners and other contributors, SPF develops partnerships and collaborations with a number of organizations and institutions in various parts of the world. For example, SPF has an active partnership with Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care in Sri Lanka.

Advisory Board

  • John Ash, Architect (ret.), Writer, Eureka, California, USA
  • Kathleen Bergquist, Professor, Social Work, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Jim Bliesner, Artist and Community Organizer, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Ron Evans, Professor (ret.), Teacher Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Grace Gray-Adams, Artist and Art Instructor (ret.), San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Godwin Kodituwakku, Chairman, Institute for Research and Development in Health & Social Care, Sri Lanka
  • Rolla Lewis, Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA
  • Chris Loss, Associate Professor, Education and History, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  • Antony Luby, Senior Lecturer, Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
  • Camilo Manchola-Castillo, Bioethics, International Public Health, Rio de Janeiro; UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, University of Brasília, Brasil
  • Mary McAteer, Extraordinary Professor, COMBER, North-West University, South Africa; Adjunct Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • Nancy Murphy, Nurse Practitioner & Inside Action Researcher, New Jersey, USA;  Former Associate Professor, Advanced Practice Nursing, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA; Former Assistant Professor, Graduate Nursing Program, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA 

Reviewer-in-Chief

  • Kaz Stuart, Director of Strategy and Learning, The Centre for Youth Impact, London, United Kingdom; Emeritus Professor, University of Cumbria, Lancaster, UK

Review Panel: Reviewers for Non-English Submission

  • Spanish: Elia Fernández-Díaz, Lecturer, Department of Education; Didactics, Teacher Education, University of Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain
  • Spanish: Joel Judd, Director, Graduate Studies in Education; Associate Professor of Education; Southern Utah University, Utah, USA
  • Spanish: George Vera, Associate Professor, Mental Health Counseling; Barry University, Florida, USA
  • German: Katharina Heissenberger, HS-Prof., University College of Teacher Education Styria (Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark), Austria
  • Portuguese: Camilo Manchola-Castillo, Bioethics, International Public Health, Rio de Janeiro; UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, University of Brasília, Brasil
  • Sinhala: Godwin Kodituwakku, Chariman, Institue for Research and Development in Health & Social Care, Sri Lanka

Review Panel: Reviewers for English Submission

  • Aneesha (Bhogal) Awrey, Counselor, Career and Technical Education, Kern Community College District, Bakersfield, California, USA
  • Kathleen Bergquist, Professor, Social Work, University of Nevada, USA
  • Catherine Bruce, Acting Vice-President Research and Innovation & Professor of Education, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
  • Kathleen Collins, Associate Professor, Language and Literacy Education, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  • Deborah Dobransky, Occupational Therapist (ret.) and Artist, Education, New Mexico, USA
  • Charlotte Hardacre, Lecturer, Institute of Health, Social Science, University of Cumbria, Lancaster, UK
  • Mina Kim, Professor, Elementary Education, San Francisco State University, California, USA
  • Alex Kwon, Former Professor, Educational Technology, Kyungsung University, Busan, S. Korea; Former Visiting Scholar on Mind, Brain, and Education, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
  • Rolla Lewis, Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology, California State University East Bay, USA
  • Holly Marich, Regional Coordinator, Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program, Nevada, USA
  • Mary McAteer, Extraordinary Professor, COMBER, North-West University, South Africa; Adjunct Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • Peter McDonnell, Nurse-Practitioner, Healthcare, York, UK
  • Marilyn McKinney, Professor (ret.), Literacy Education, University of Nevada, USA
  • Jean McNiff, Independent Researcher and Professor, Educational Research, York St. John University, York, UK
  • Roni Nocon, Practitioner-Researcher, School Counselor, Poway Unified School District, California, USA
  • Ilich Silva Peña, Researcher, Universidad de Los Lagos and IESED-Chile, Chile
  • John Peters, Professor emeritus, Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tennessee, USA
  • R.M.M.C. Rathnayake, Lecturer (English), Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education, Badulla, Sri Lanka
  • Kevin Richardson, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Management, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  • Nathan Snyder, Founder/CEO at the Learning Doctor, English Language Arts Teacher, NYC iSchool, New York, USA
  • Phil Taylor, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Management, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  • Suzy Thomas, Professor, Counselor Education, St. Mary’s College of California, USA
  • Elspeth Whitney, Professor, History, University of Nevada, USA